Midland man arrested for assault with wooden landscaping post

By the Midland Daily News

Published 5:30 am, Thursday, May 2, 2013

An 18-year-old Midland man was jailed for felonious assault after he was accused of wielding a wooden landscaping post at another man.

A Midland County sheriff’s deputy was called to the ETC, 884 E. Isabella Road, at 8:33 a.m. Monday. There, the victim, a 17-year-old Midland male, reported he went to the school to take a GED test and encountered the suspect, who had assaulted him recently in the City of Midland, which he also reported to police. He said he heard the suspect tell another person he was going to kill the victim, then saw him pick up the post and hold it like a baseball bat. The victim told the deputy he feared for his safety.

The suspect said he and the victim were once best friends, and he didn’t think anyone saw him pick up the post.